Vehicle-tire.



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i through the rim W, and bear against the inlt will be. seen that the anguflarldy voluted com ressed springI con ne wi i- BauimuBrooklyn, b. liiled Mar. 8, in the tire Slim J, @(nsttlts n exlbie ,.e-

1906. berial No, 304,011. vslient resisting medium to the outward T0 @u whom it ma?! Cfmmi t 4 pressure on the tread of the wheel and at tle it lfmtcliwnUtlntlIfilitnviN BRUsI, i; thg ameltiiietlreeplthte sklioe (sengdhitlr cir/.eno ie nie( i aes,an aresi en V@Soi sotia i isa e o ear i gt; roikllyn, il;v tle pounty of tKilngs ind tthe vehicle and the strain of use und-Ier all i. a e o ew or: iave inven e( cer am new and useful Im, rovements in Vehicle- Tires, of which the ollowing is a specifica the varying road conditions.

i A tire embodying my improvement cantioii. l i will be light. strong and diir'able and can be My invention relates to certain improve-l reiulily repaired. ments in vehicle tires, and it consists of ccri g What l claiui as inv invention and desire tain novel parts and combinations of novell parts as hereinafter described and particu-l arly pointed out in the claim concluding a flexible tire shoe of Ian singularly conthis specification. voluted spring and adjustable means for ln the accompanying drawing illustrating laterally compressing sa1d spring within the niy invention in both figures of which like shoe and securing said tir e to the rim or parts are designated by similar numerals of l felly, substantially as described. reference, Fi rure 1, is a cross-section of the Signed at New York cit in the county of felly, tire auf appurtenant parts embodying New York and State of ew York this 7th my im irovements and, Fig. 2, is a detail day of March A. D. 1906.

to secure by Letters Patent is:

ln a tiie for vehicles the combination with l i i i i' i i l view o the cleneher ring shown in Fig. l. EDWIN C. BRUEN.

The principal feature of my invention consists in the combination with the tire shoe `vvmlessesil i of an angnlarly convoluted spring, and ad- BENJ- BRUN',

justable means for laterally com ressing WM' Clnmnwn" said s rin and maintainin it un er tension wlliiere y all the practica advanta es of a pneumatic tire may be obtained without` any of its disadvantages. I

Referring to the drawing l, desi rnatesi an angalnrly eonvoluted eonipresseil spring, eonlned within a tire shoe .l. of leather, rillibei' or other `suitable inalerial. preferably provided willi enlarged edges Q, having a wi'ra eore Q', and a protcctinfr binder R composed of thin sheet. metal lient around thc edges (el. and tightly pressed in position; this tire shoe may be inclosed in an outer shoe S. composed of woven wire fabric, preferably a closely woven li vht, strong flexible wire such as piano wire, or instance, and this wire shoe will serve the useful )uri pose of preventing the wheel from skid ing or sliding in ilse.

As shown in l"ig. 1, the shoe J, with the spring I confined therein is mounted on the wheel riin and secured in lace by an adjustahle clenehei` device whicli comprises a rin 'l`, having a series of beveled recesses T', an an inwardly projecting portion V, to fit over the binder R, and bear against the tire shoe J. 'lo secure. the shoe to the wheel-rim W, I employ adjusting screws Y, which pass f ner beyeled edges of the recesses T, these screws operating as they are screwed up to compress thc edges of the shoe inwardly and at the sinne time com iress the augularl convolntedspring I, by ateral pressure. licse screws may be adjusted from time to time whenever necessary. It is obvious, however that instead of tie construction describe any suitable form of adjustable clencher ring may be employed.

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